Nares glacier
| Nares glacier | ||
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| location | Heard ( Heard and McDonald Islands ) | |
| width | ⌀ 1 km | |
| Coordinates | 53 ° 2 ′ S , 73 ° 27 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Corinthian Bay | |
The Nares Glacier is a 1 km wide, glacial ice stream on the island of Heard in the Indian Ocean . It flows, flanked on both sides by rocky mountain ridges, in a northerly direction to Corinthian Bay .
It is named after George Nares (1831–1915), the leader of the Challenger Expedition (1872–1876).
Web links
- Nares Glacier in the directory of the Australian Antarctic Data Center (English)